Today my old boy lost his battle with cancer and died peacfully after a thankfully short time of being totally out of it.

A stroke when on holiday 3 months back was the first step, which progressed into multiple brain tumors. We had 6 weeks with him back at home and had great times, spent a good chunk of time together recently and set the world to rights.
Last week he went downhill and was taken back in hospital. He died today with my mum at his bedside and peacfully.

He taught me respect, character and what it means to really be a man, and a gentleman.

Sorry for your loss dude. Sounds like he had a good family around him and I guess you can't ask for much more than that. RIP.

"They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realise that it's not worth the f*cking effort. There is a difference."
The late Bill Hicks

My dad dies a long time ago but he's never far from my mind. He also taught me so much as I was growing up. He wasn't perfect and I spent a lot of years trying not to be like him but as I've got older I realise that I have turned into him in many ways.

fatbob wrote:I never look in heresorry for you and your families loss fella , least his legacy rides an SD

When you come into SD.net look for the button on the right hand side
"View posts since last visit" that way you get to see all post since you were last in. Best button ever!

"They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realise that it's not worth the f*cking effort. There is a difference."
The late Bill Hicks

My mum is doing way better than we ever expected, this has pushed her to her limits and she's getting out the other side. She's bought a mobility scooter (she'd never have done that) and is discovering freedom for herself that she'd have only had before with her hubby.
She's also had to discover strength of character without him,whihc she's done a greatjob of.

More importantly, this has brought me and mum closer together in a lot of ways, i now call her 3-4 times a week instead of once, although we're not the sort that spend hours on the phone.. just a quicky really. She's also seen more of her grandson than previously... In some ways you could argue, "bit late"... LOL.. i could agree... but it's not too late as both me and my mum are appreciating it all lots.

I'm going to lock the thread now as the update pretty much completes it all.